# About LingoQL

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LingoQL is a modern infrastructure platform for deploying and operating applications with lower cost, strong isolation, and predictable performance.

Use one platform to run:

* Static sites
* HTTP APIs and backend services
* Background workers, cron jobs, and queues
* WebSocket and long-running services

LingoQL is built around provisioned infrastructure:

* Pay for what you provision
* Scope CPU, memory, time, and I/O precisely
* Scale from request-based execution to long-running services without changing architecture

### Why teams use LingoQL

* **Lower waste:** no full VM overhead and no always-on container waste
* **More control:** declare the resources each workload needs
* **Predictable cost:** pricing follows provisioned resources
* **Faster delivery:** use one execution model across service types

#### Who LingoQL Is For

* **Founders** who want to launch without paying for idle infrastructure
* **Growing teams** that need flexibility without extra operational overhead
* **Enterprises** that want secure, policy-driven, cost-efficient infrastructure
* **Infra-conscious engineers** who care about performance, isolation, and cost transparency

#### In One Sentence

> **LingoQL gives you one platform for modern workloads with predictable cost, strong isolation, and less infrastructure waste.**

### What you can deploy

LingoQL runs more than websites and APIs.

You can deploy frontend apps, backend services, databases, queues, caches, and packaged tools.

Use [Services you can deploy](/introduction/services-you-can-deploy.md) for the supported service categories, connection patterns, and working client examples.

#### Refer → Earn → Repeat

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